Isaac mizrahi

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.

If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.

You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be.

I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday.

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.